The weather forecast for Atlanta Motor Speedway appears to be improving a little as we get closer to Sunday’s Sprint Cup race. While there is still a chance of patchy drizzle on Sunday the likelihood of that seems to be a little less. I am feeling a little better that we can race Sunday but I still feel like there could be a weather related delay or two.
NASCAR at Atlanta 2015: Could weather be improving
Slight improvement to the NASCAR weather forecast at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It will remain cold, but there have been changes to the chance of rain.
Weather forecast for today’s Xfinity looks to be mostly dry but still chilly. Temperatures this afternoon reach the middle to upper 40s. There is a slight chance of a shower later this evening so that might have some impact on the Camping World Truck Series race.
WILL WE RACE SUNDAY?
All eyes this week have been on the weather forecast Atlanta Motor Speedway with many asking the question, “Why make Atlanta the second race of the season at the start of March?” Honestly, I don’t know why but it does make for a challenging forecast. I am going to put the odds of NASCAR racing Sunday at around 60 percent. A slight increase from previous forecast. This weather set up is very complicated and drizzle can be very hard to forecast. I think we could see enough breaks that we can go racing and at least see an official race. I am going to keep the odds of a complete race around 50 percent.
WILL THERE BE DELAYS?
With areas of patchy drizzle still possible I am not ruling out a couple weather related delays on Sunday.
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SATURDAY:
9:10 a.m EDT
Xfinity Series Qualifying – Mostly cloudy – temp: 35
10:40 a.m EDT
Truck Series Qualifying – Mostly cloudy – temp: 38
12:00 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Series Final Practice – Mostly cloudy – temp: 42
2:00 p.m EDT
Xfinity Series Race – Mostly cloudy – temp: 48
5:30 p.m EDT
Truck Series Race – Mostly cloudy – temp: 46
SUNDAY:
12:00 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Series Pre-Race – Cloudy, chc. of drizzle – temp: 44
1:00 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Series Race – Cloudy, chc. of drizzle – temp: 46
2:00 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Series Race – Cloudy, chc. of drizzle – temp: 48
3:00 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Series Race – Cloudy, chc. of drizzle – temp: 48
4:00 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Series Race – Cloudy, chc. of drizzle – temp: 49
5:00 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Series Race – Cloudy, chc. of drizzle – temp: 47
6:00 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Series Race – Cloudy, chc. of drizzle – temp: 47
7:00 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Series Race – Cloudy, chc. of drizzle – temp: 45
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